Event Notification Report for July 27, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
07/26/1999 - 07/27/1999
** EVENT NUMBERS **
35959 35960 35961
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 35959 |
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| REP ORG: US ARMY (ACALA) |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/26/1999|
|LICENSEE: US ARMY (ACALA) |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:58[EDT]|
| CITY: ROCK ISLAND REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 08/15/1998|
| COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT TIME: [CDT]|
|LICENSE#: 12-00722-06 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/26/1999|
| DOCKET: |+----------------------------+
| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |JOHN KINNEMAN R1 |
| |GEOFFREY WRIGHT R3 |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF HAVENNER | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR DISCOVERED MISSING DURING AN INVENTORY CHECK. |
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| A M43A1 CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR CONTAINING 250 MICROCURIES OF AMERICIUM-241 |
| WAS DISCOVERED MISSING DURING AN INVENTORY CHECK PERFORMED ON 07/24/99 BY |
| THE 458th ENGINEER BATTALION (RESERVE). IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE MISSING |
| CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR WAS LOST IN AUGUST, 1998, WHILE THE BATTALION WAS |
| PERFORMING RESERVE TRAINING AT FORT DRUM MILITARY RESERVATION, NEAR |
| WATERTOWN, NY. A SEARCH FOR THE MISSING CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR WILL |
| PERFORMED. |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 35960 |
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| FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/26/1999|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:24[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 07/26/1999|
| 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 15:44[EDT]|
| BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/26/1999|
| CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GEOFFREY WRIGHT R3 |
| DOCKET: 0707002 |LARRY CAMPER NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: RON CRABTREE | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| SIZE OF PLASTIC BAGS PLACED OVER SMALL DIAMETER CONTAINERS DOES NOT MEET |
| NCSA REQUIREMENT. |
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| NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 4 HOUR REPORT. |
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| AT 1544 ON 07/26/99, THE PLANT SHIFT SUPERINTENDENT WAS NOTIFIED OF A |
| NONCOMPLIANCE WITH NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) PLANT 001.A02, |
| REQUIREMENT #1, WHICH STATES: "THE MAXIMUM SIZE BAG PLACED OVER A SMALL |
| DIAMETER CONTAINER SHALL BE A MAXIMUM OF 12 INCHES WIDE WHEN LAID FLAT BY A |
| MAXIMUM OF 36 INCHES TALL". NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY PERSONNEL DISCOVERED |
| THAT A BAG ISSUED FROM PORTSMOUTH STORES STOCK (ITEM #16-999-0314) HAS A |
| WIDTH OF 12-3/16 INCHES AND AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 36-3/8 INCHES, THUS |
| VIOLATING ONE OF THE TWO CONTROLS REQUIRED BY THE NCSA. PLANT PERSONNEL ARE |
| CURRENTLY PERFORMING WALKDOWNS OF ALL AFFECTED SMALL CONTAINER STORAGE AREAS |
| TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS NCSA REQUIREMENT. THIS EVENT IS REPORTABLE |
| TO THE NRC AS AN NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 4 HOUR REPORT DUE TO A VIOLATION OF THE |
| DOUBLE CONTINGENCY PRINCIPLE WHERE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY CANNOT BE |
| REESTABLISHED IN 4 HOURS, AFTER THE INITIAL OBSERVATION OF THE EVENT. |
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| SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENT: |
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| THE NCSA APPROVES THE USE OF A BAG THAT MEASURES 12 INCHES WHEN LAID FLAT. |
| THESE BAGS ARE TO BE USED ONLY TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF SURFACE CONTAMINATION |
| AND TO SEAL CONTAINERS FOR SECURITY REASONS. THEY ARE NOT TO BE USED TO |
| CONTAIN MATERIAL IN THE CONTAINERS. THEREFORE, AS LONG AS THE CONTAINER HAS |
| NOT CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED, THE SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE IS LOW AND A |
| CRITICALITY IS NOT POSSIBLE. |
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| CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO RESTORE SAFETY SYSTEM AND WHEN EACH WAS IMPLEMENTED: |
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| PLANT PERSONNEL ARE CURRENTLY WALKING DOWN ALL SMALL DIAMETER CONTAINER |
| STORAGE AREAS TO RESTORE NCSA COMPLIANCE. A "STOP WORK NOTICE" HAS BEEN |
| ISSUED BY THE NUCLEAR SAFETY MANAGER TO ASSURE THE OUT-OF-SPECIFICATION BAGS |
| ARE NOT USED. |
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| THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 35961 |
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| FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/27/1999|
| UNIT: [3] [] [] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:45[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 07/26/1999|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL CROWLEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/27/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |BILL JONES R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|3 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT UNDER CERTAIN METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, THE |
| ULTIMATE HEAT SINK (DRY COOLING TOWERS) MAY NOT BE WITHIN THE LICENSING |
| BASIS OF THE FACILITY. |
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| "WATERFORD 3 IS NOT ABLE TO MEET LICENSING BASIS FOR ANALYZED RAINFALL |
| EVENTS. SPECIFICALLY, A SITE PROJECT STORM WITHOUT ANY DRY COOLING TOWER |
| SUMP PUMPS AVAILABLE AND A PROJECT MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION WITH ONLY ONE DRY |
| COOLING TOWER SUMP PUMP AVAILABLE. SINCE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WATERFORD MAY |
| HAVE OPERATED IN A CONDITION WITH ONE DRY COOLING TOWER INOPERABLE AND THE |
| OTHER DRY COOLING TOWER HAVING ONLY ONE SUMP PUMP AVAILABLE, A PROJECT |
| MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION COULD HAVE INCAPACITATED THE OPERABLE DRY COOLING |
| TOWER. BASED ON THE CURRENT DRY COOLING TOWER SUMP PUMP CONFIGURATION AND |
| PREDICTED RAINFALL, BOTH DRY COOLING TOWERS REMAIN OPERABLE. THE PLAN IS TO |
| INSTALL A HIGH CAPACITY PORTABLE DIESEL SUMP PUMP IN EACH DRY COOLING AREA |
| WITHIN 24 HOURS." |
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| THE ABOVE CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED BY THE LICENSEE DURING A REVIEW OF A |
| DESIGN MODIFICATION. |
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| THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. |
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